Lâle "Tulip" Time 🌷

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Tulips have an important place in my country. We even have a period that we call tulips. The period of peace with European countries in the 1700s in the Ottoman Empire is called the Tulip Era. At that time, this flower became fashionable and became the plant that many people in the country, especially the people of the palace, grew in their garden. Although her appearance is beautiful, she gained importance due to the period in which she was raised. Many people think that the Ottomans were barbarians. The fact that it has a period named after the flower shows the importance that the Ottomans gave to such elegant things and art. Tulip symbols are embroidered in every aspect of our architecture, poems and tiles.

During the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Austrian ambassador Busbecq, who was impressed by the beauty of the "LALE" gardens, and Lale's first journey from Anatolia were to Vienna, and the Europeans referred to this plant they had just met, the cheesecloth that the Ottomans wrapped around their heads, and called it "Tulipe, a flower in the form of a turban". ' they named it. The tulip became known all over the world after it moved to the Netherlands and then to Ottawa, the capital of Canada. The tulip, which was brought to Europe from Anatolian lands 100 years ago, is mostly grown in the Netherlands today.source

The word “tulip” contains the letters of the Arabic word “Allah”. Therefore, it represents the unity of Allah in Sufism. The shape of the letter also symbolizes the 'crescent', the symbol of the Ottoman flag. Therefore, the importance of tulips in the Ottoman Empire is great.

Tulip has always been meaningful to us. Doesn't his appearance also fascinate you? I can't help but be fascinated when I see them. My neighbor has three colors of tulips in her garden. Every tulip season I go there to visit them to see them. When I went yesterday, when I saw the tulips blooming, I wanted to photograph them.

I wish I could watch them every day, even if the lifespan of their flowers is not limited to 15-20 days. But unfortunately, as with all good things, their lifespan is very short. When they bloom, they stay for a short time and go dormant until the next season.

We also have a rare type of tulip that blooms upside down. Colloquially she is called the "crying bride". It grows in another city and because it is a rare species, anyone who plucks it is fined. I would love to see this species up close.

The tulips in the garden will soon disappear. Whenever we go out, I pass by that garden and watch them and enjoy this moment. I leave you these beautiful images. You will see a lot of images from this garden in the future because my neighbor is a flower freak. The old aunt grows various flowers in her garden. Different flowers grow in her garden every month. All of them have different seasons and I witness various plants without getting bored.

For now, take care of yourself.

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